The cast list mentioned does seem a little low-rent for the British version. While it's true that I've had to Google a few names from the US version, there are bona fide stars in it. The Channel 5 version has recognisable names to British audiences but I'd have thought they'd really want to kick off with a "wow" name.
Years ago Channel 5 had a thematically similar show called Night Fever that was filled with especially cheesy guests. In that iteration, the collection of game show hosts and soap stars would have to sing karaoke versions of songs. It'll need to shake those vestiges off. Adam On Fri, Jan 8, 2016 at 6:49 AM, 'David Bruggeman' via TVorNotTV < tvornottv@googlegroups.com> wrote: > The night after the US edition officially premieres, the UK edition bows > on Channel 5 > > > <http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/features/lip-sync-battle-is-a-cult-success-in-america-but-will-it-work-in-the-uk-a6801486.html> > > http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/features/lip-sync-battle-is-a-cult-success-in-america-but-will-it-work-in-the-uk-a6801486.html > > Supposedly the celebs in the UK edition are not as top-shelf as those on > the US version. However, for every few movie stars the US edition has, > there's a morning show host or the third lead on the latest teen show to > fill out an episode. > > David > > -- > -- > TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "TV or Not TV" group. > To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
